Preventing the Emotional Abuse and Neglect of People with Intellectual Disability - Stopping Insult and Injury (Paperback)

There's so many different types of abuse, and it all comes down to
the same thing. It's making people nothing. And Fran was nothing.
There was never anything nice said about her, everything was
negative. And she had to put up with that, and we had to put up
with that, until we all sort of believed it, almost.' Preventing
the Emotional Abuse and Neglect of People with Intellectual
Disability throws light onto the traumatic experiences faced by
people with intellectual disability living in disability
accommodation services. Through the narratives of nine people with
intellectual disability and their family members, it reveals: the
problem of systematic abuse; the cumulative impact of emotional and
psychological abuse and neglect over time; recognition of the abuse
by people with intellectual disability; and the lack of moral
authority afforded to them in abuse acknowledgement and reporting.
The author suggests a number of positive approaches and methods to
help all those working with people with intellectual disability to
prevent emotional abuse, respond appropriately and effectively
support the recovery of victims. This book will prove to be
indispensable for social care workers, care home managers, social
workers, researchers and academics in the disability field, social
sciences students, human rights workers and abuse practitioners.